Bed Buddies

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this. Toni and Calvin SHARING Toni's new bed. WOW! I am so impressed with how far Toni has come in terms of accepting my little Calvin.

Toni's bed!

The only dog that has a bed is Miss Happy and Happy has 2 beds one in the living room and one in my craft room. In the summertime I also keep a dog bed on the front porch (which Calvin manages to shred every year) and in the basement.

For about a month now Toni has been hinting around that she wants her own bed. She will "steal" Happy's bed when Happy isn't using it. Toni will also take all of her toys and put them in Happy's bed. I am not sure if this is her way of "claiming" the bed or just a way to keep Happy out of the bed. Regardless, Happy gets VERY ticked off when Toni does this so it looked as if the only way to keep both Happy and Toni happy was to get Toni her own bed.

I am not a fan of the aesthetics of dog beds and I do not understand why they are so darn expensive. So I took about 3 yards of grass green fake fur that I had laying around and I made Toni her very own bean bag styled bed. And she LOVES it! Once she lays down in it it is hard to get her out! Now the only problem is that Calvin wants one too!!!

America's Next Top Model

Right now I am doing an on-line fundraiser for BRAT (Basenji Rescue and Transport) and I made some new collars to post to my on-line store. Who better to model them than Miss Toni. Happy used to do all my modeling when she was younger and she picked it up quickly and was a natural at it. Toni is a little more timid as she is not sure what the heck I am doing with the little black thing around my neck that flashes at her. With a little practice she could have a shot at being America's Next Top Model. Oh, she could easily win American Idol with her yodeling ability!!!

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I live in a house with Really Weird Dogs

Lately, the dogs have been doing some really strange things. It has been very cold here (in the single digits!) so I think they are all getting a little bored and stir crazy as it has been too cold for walks.


Last night Happy konked out in her dog bed and was sleeping so soundly that her head rolled off of the bed onto the floor. Poor thing, but I just couldn't resist taking a photo of it before I propped her head back up.



Miss Toni went "missing" this morning. I got up around 7am and Toni was sound asleep in my bed. At 7:30 she was in my bed -- now she was awake, but pretending to sleep. 8:00 still in the bed. 8:05 she was missing and was not responding to my calls of "Toni, Toni!". I looked all over our house and Toni was no where to be found. And then I saw it, a long brown leg with a big white paw sticking out from under the bed. The big weirdo had crawled under my bed and was laying against the heating vent. She looked up at me with her brown eyes as if to say "I am sorry mom, but it is soooo nice and warm here. Please, oh, please do not make me get up". So I left my little furry weirdo under the bed.

Basenjis Party Too Hard!

Last night Toni + Calvin had some wild shenanigans. New Christmas toys were played with too hard and they each ate a foot long bully!!! Even Happy did a lot of pacing indoors and exploring in the snowy yard. This morning none of the basenjis wanted to get out of bed as visions of cookie plumb fairies were still dancing in their furry heads.

Santa!!!

Santa Paws came last night and my were the dogs excited this morning! Calvin unwrapped ALL the presents (even those not for him)!!! Toni + Calvin each got 2 toys from Santa and Toni got some additional chewies and a lovely reindeer from her mommy #1 (Sondra). Happy got some "gourmet" dog food and a pint of vanilla Haagen Daas which she will be eating later this morning.

FYI: Happy + Toni have the Santa hats on, Happy is the one who is gray and longer in the face; Toni has a darker and smaller face. Calvin is the lighter basenji with the red bandanna.

Here comes Toni Claus!


Toni + her big gift from mommy #1.


"Is that for moi?"


Calvin + Toni.


Calvin the unwrapper of presents.

Toni being a goober and wanting belly rubs.

Santa Happy

Like mother, like granddaughter -- neither one wanted to take a photo with each other!

We three basenjis of African kings.

Toni yodeling up a storm!!!

The Saddest Girl in the World

There is an old song that goes "Did you happen to see the saddest girl in the world?" Well, we have been getting snow storms back to back and painfully cold weather for over a week -- which means no walks for Toni, Calvin, and Happy. Poor Toni has been taking this the hardest as she lives for her daily walks. I took this photo of Toni after she had been looking out the window at all the snow filling up her precious sidewalk. Thankfully, Toni wears her booties and we were able to do a short walk today (Calvin stayed home as he has an ear infection).

Oh, and I have no idea how that pillow got onto the back of the couch. Perhaps Toni brought it up there with her!!!

Toni's Birthday Bliss!!!

Technically, Toni's birthday isn't until tomorrow. But we decided to throw her a little party tonight. Toni got a special beef and cheese "cake" topped with a cookie. She grabbed the "cake" off of the plate before we could even sing Happy Birthday to her and ate it in 10 seconds!!!

Toni also got a present that Calvin picked out for her. It is a big silly looking dodo bird stuffed toy. She no sooner got it out of the bag that Calvin jumped up and tried to steal it from her. Toni gave him a big nasty growl and Calvin flung himself on top of the dodo bird and wouldn't let her have it! Gary consoled Miss Toni and gave her a hug and the dodo bird was long forgotten.

1 basenji birthday down, 2 more to go!

Brrr...It's Cold Outside

The days are starting to get colder here and I had to breakout the matching coats Sondra sent for Calvin and Toni. They look so darn cute! Now when they go out trying to catch the wrasscly wrabbits (or squirrels) they are the most stylish little hunting dogs.
Plus the dogs get sooooo many complements which they love!

Halloween Hound

In the true spirit of Halloween, I made the dogs do some tricks before they got their treats. And by tricks, I mean I dressed them up. Miss Toni got to wear the pumpkin hat and Calvin went as a spooky bat! Toni was a little concerned by the constant stream of trick-or-treaters (some who came by to check out the dog's costumes) so she ended up hiding out in my bed. Calvin had a blast and was soooooo excited by the trick-or-treaters he kept trying to escape to greet them. I ended up taking him out to stop by his furry friends' houses and the little devil ended up with a bag of snausages, dried chicken, and bacon strips! When we got home I made him share his loot with Happy + Toni.